What's Blooming at the Townsend River Walk and Arboretum

Explore what is blooming at the Townsend River Walk & Arboretum (TRWA). Take a look at our What's Blooming Gallery or chose a month to see what may be blooming at that time. Each year is a unique year at the TRWA for What's Blooming. Bloom times and lengths vary and are very unpredictable.

Click on any of the pictures below to see the images in a slideshow gallery.

Hellebores - Lenten Rose (Non-Native)
(January - September)
Hellebores - Lenten Rose
Narcissus pseudonarcissus - Daffodil
(January - April)
Narcissus pseudonarcissus - Daffodil
Vinca minor - Periwinkle (INVASIVE)
(February - May)
Vinca minor - Periwinkle (INVASIVE)
Muscari armeniacum - Grape Hyacinth (Non-Native)
(February - April)
Muscari armeniacum - Grape Hyacinth
Tipularia discolor - Cranefly Orichid
The leaves of the Cranefly Orchid come out in the Spring (February - March) then die back. Later in the summer a long slender stock with tiny flowers will emerge.
Tipularia discolor - Cranefly Orichid
Mertensia virginica - Virginia Bluebells
(February - April)
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
Flowers in the Spring (March-April) and then Fruits in the Fall (September-October).
Lindera benzoin - Spicebush
Thalictrum thalictroides - Rue Anemone
(March - April)
Thalictrum thalictroides - Rue Anemone
Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
(February - April)
Sanguinaria canadensis - Bloodroot
Viola pubescens - Yellow Violet
(March - May)
Viola pubescens - Yellow Violet
Cardamine angustata - Slender Toothwort
(March - April)
Cardamine angustata - Slender Toothwort
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
(March - April)
Viola sororia - Common Blue Violet
Pachysandra procumbens - Allegheny Spurge
(March - April)
Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud
(March - April)
Cercis canadensis - Eastern Redbud
Claytonia perfoliata - Spring Beauty
(February - April)
Claytonia perfoliata - Spring Beauty
Iridaceae - Iris
(Tennessee State Cultivated Flower)
(March - April)
Iridaceae - Iris
Stylophorum diphyllum - Celandine Poppy, Wood Poppy
(March - April)
Podophyllum peltatum - Mayapple, American mandrake
(March - April)
Trillium luteum - Yellow Trillium, Yellow Wakerobin
(March - April)
Trillium grandiflorum - Large Flowered Trillium
(March - April)
Trillium erectum - White Stinking Benjamin Trillium
(March - April)
Sedum ternatum - Three Leave Stonecrop
(March - April)
Sedum ternatum - Three Leave Stonecrop
Hyacinthoides hispanica - Spanish Bluebell (White), Wood Hyacinth
(March - April)
Aquilegia canadensis - Wild Columbine
(March - May)
Aquilegia canadensis - Wild Columbine
Packera aurea - Golden Ragwort
(March - June)
Packera aurea - Golden Ragwort
Erigeron philadelphicus - Philadelphia Fleabane
(March - August)
Cercis canadensis 'Alba' - Whitebud
(March - April)
Cercis canadensis 'Alba' - Whitebud
Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
(March - April)
Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood
Aesculus pavia - Red buckeye
(March - April)
Aesculus pavia - Red buckeye
Trillium erectum - Red Trillium, Stinking Benjamin
(March - April)

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10-October

Hellebores - Lenten Rose (Non-Native)
(January - September)

Narcissus pseudonarcissus - Daffodil
(January - April)

Vinca minor - Periwinkle (INVASIVE)
(February - May)

Muscari armeniacum - Grape Hyacinth (Non-Native)
(February - April)

Tipularia discolor - Cranefly Orichid
The leaves of the Cranefly Orchid come out in the Spring (February - March) then die back. Later in the summer a long slender stock with tiny flowers will emerge.